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UWS 5.01 GENERAL. Notwithstanding s. 36.13 Stats., the board may lay off or terminate a tenured faculty member, or lay off or terminate a probationary faculty member prior to the end of his or her appointment, in the event of a financial emergency. Such layoffs or terminations may be made only in accord with the provisions of this chapter, and imply the retention of rights indicated herein. A nonrenewal, regardless of reasons, is not a layoff or termination under this section.
UWS 5.02 FINANCIAL EMERGENCY. (1) For the purposes of this chapter, "financial emergency" is a state which may be declared by the board to exist for an institution if and only if the board finds that the following conditions exist:
UWS 5.03 LAYOFF AND TERMINATION. For the purposes of this chapter "layoff" is the indefinite suspension or an involuntary reduction in services and compensation of a faculty member's employment by the university of Wisconsin system. A laid off faculty member retains the rights specified in ss. UWS 5.16 through 5.21, inclusive. For the purposes of this chapter, "termination" is the permanent elimination of a faculty member's employment by the university of Wisconsin system. A terminated faculty member retains rights specified in ss. UWS 5.18 and 5.19.
UWS 5.04 FACULTY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE. The faculty of each institution shall, promptly after February 1, 1975, designate or create a standing faculty committee to consult with the chancellor if at any time a declaration of financial emergency is to be considered. The committee shall consist of faculty members of the institution chosen by the faculty in a manner to be determined by the faculty. It is the right and responsibility of this committee to represent the faculty before the board if a declaration of a state of financial emergency for the institution is being considered, and to assure that the procedures of ss. UWS 5.05 and 5.06 are followed.UWP. The Academic Planning Council shall be the standing faculty consultative committee to consult with the Chancellor if at any time a declaration of financial emergency is to be considered. See Faculty Bylaws, Part II, Art. III, Section 1.
UWS 5.05 CONSULTATION. (1) In the event that a declaration of financial emergency is contemplated, the chancellor of the affected institution shall consult with and seek advice from the faculty committee provided for in s. UWS 5.04 at least 3 months before the matter is taken to the board. The chancellor and committee shall:
(1m) The committee shall prepare a report, with supporting documents, for submission to the chancellor, the faculty senate, or institutional equivalent, and the board.
(2) It shall be the primary responsibility of the faculty of the institution to establish criteria to be used by the chancellor and committee for academic program evaluations and priorities. A decision to curtail or discontinue an academic program for reasons of financial emergency shall be made in accordance with the best interests of students and the overall ability of the institution to fulfill its mission.
UWS 5.06 RECOMMENDATION TO THE SYSTEM PRESIDENT AND THE BOARD. (1) If the Chancellor decides to recommend that the board declare a state of financial emergency for the chancellor's institution, the recommendation to the system president and the board shall be accompanied by a report which shall include the following:
(2) The chancellor and the chairman of the faculty committee, or their designees, and representatives of affected colleges, schools, departments and programs, may appear before the board at the time the recommendation is considered. Other interested parties may submit in writing alternative recommendations or challenges to any part of the report.
UWS 5.07 INDIVIDUAL DESIGNATIONS. Once the board has declared a state of financial emergency it shall be the primary responsibility of the tenured members of the affected department(s) to recommend which individuals are to be laid off. These recommendations shall follow seniority, as provided in s. UWS 5.08, unless a clear and convincing case is made that program needs dictate other considerations, e.g., the need to maintain diversity of specializations within a department. The department may seek the advice of other groups or individuals in formulating its recommendations. The departmental recommendation shall be forwarded to the chancellor, and the chancellor shall prepare recommendations for the system president and the board, as provided in s. UWS 5.14.
UWS 5.08 SENIORITY. The faculty of each institution shall promptly after February 1, 1975, determine the form of seniority that is to be considered. Such a determination shall be effective uniformly throughout the institution. Seniority may be, but is not limited to, the following definitions:
UWS 5.09 NOTIFICATION. Each faculty member whose position is recommended for elimination shall receive prompt written notification from the chancellor. This statement of notification shall include:
UWS 5.10 NOTIFICATION PERIOD. (1) For an academic year appointment the effective date of layoff must coincide with the end of an academic year. For an annual appointment it shall be June 30. In either case notification must be given at least 12 months in advance of the effective date. The notification referred to here is that specified in s. UWS 5.09 informing the faculty member that his or her position has been recommended for elimination.
(2) During this period, and prior to entering layoff status (see s. UWS 5.16), the chancellor may offer as appropriate, and the faculty member may accept:
(3) Acceptance of either of these options will terminate the faculty members association with the university of Wisconsin system at the end of the leave period.
UWS 5.11 FACULTY HEARING COMMITTEE. The faculty of each institution shall, promptly after February 1, 1975, establish a committee or designate an existing committee to serve as a hearing committee for the purposes of this chapter. The committee shall consist of faculty members of the institution chosen by the faculty in a manner to be determined by the faculty. This standing faculty committee shall operate as the hearing agent for the board pursuant to s. 227.12, Stats., and conduct the hearing, make a verbatim record of the hearing, prepare a summary of the evidence and transmit such record and summary along with its recommended findings of law and decision to the board according to s. UWS 5.14.UWP. The Appeals Commission shall be the standing faculty committee that shall serve as a hearing committee for the purposes of UWS 5.11. See Faculty Bylaws, Part II, Article XII.
UWS 5.12 REVIEW HEARING. (1) A faculty member whose position is recommended for elimination is entitled to a hearing before the faculty hearing committee as to the appropriateness of the decision to lay off that particular individual. The existence of a state of financial emergency and the designation of the colleges, schools, departments or programs in which faculty positions are to be eliminated are not subject to review in the hearing.
(2) A hearing must be requested within 20 days of the receipt by the faculty member of notification of recommended layoff. The request shall state with particularity the grounds to be relied upon in establishing the impropriety of the decision. Relevant information supplementary to that contained in the notification statement may be requested. The question to be considered in the review is whether one or more of the following improper factors entered into the decision to lay off:
(3) The faculty member shall present evidence on whether one or more of the improper factors specified above entered into the decision to lay off. The committee shall then consider whether the evidence presented establishes a prima facie case that such factor or factors did enter significantly into the layoff decision. If the committee finds that a prima facie case has not been established, the layoff decision shall be found to have been proper and the hearing shall be ended. The committee shall report this finding to the chancellor and faculty member.
(4) If the committee finds that a prima facie case has been established, the chancellor or designee shall be entitled to present evidence to support the layoff decision, and thereafter, the faculty member may present evidence in rebuttal. On the basis of all the evidence presented, the committee shall make its determination as follows:
(5) The committee shall report its findings and recommendations to the chancellor and the faculty member.
UWS 5.13 HEARING PROCEDURE. (1) If the faculty hearing committee requests, the chancellor shall provide legal counsel to the committee. The hearing shall be closed unless the faculty member whose position has been recommended for elimination requests an open hearing, in which case it shall be open (see s. 66.77, Stats., Open Meeting Law).
(2) The faculty hearing committee may, on motion of either party, disqualify any one of its members for cause by a majority vote. If one or more of the faculty hearing committee members disqualify themselves or are disqualified, the remaining members may select a number of other members of the faculty equal to the number who have been disqualified to serve, except that alternative methods of replacement may be specified in the rules and procedures adopted by the faculty establishing the standing committee under s. UWS 5.11. No faculty member who parti-cipated in the decision to lay off or who is a material witness may sit in on the hearing committee.
(3) The faculty member shall be given at least 10 days notice of the hearing; such hearing shall be held not later than 20 days after the request except that this time limit may be extended by mutual consent of the parties or by order of the hearing committee.
(4) The faculty member shall have access to the evidence on which the administration intends to rely to support the decision to lay off, and shall be guaranteed the following minimal procedural safeguards at the hearing:
(5) Adjournments shall be granted to enable either party to investigate evidence as to which a valid claim of surprise is made.
UWS 5.14 RECOMMENDATIONS AND REVIEW BY THE BOARD. The recommend-ations of the chancellor and the recommendations, if any, of the faculty hearing committee, shall be transmitted to the president of the university of Wisconsin system and to the board and acted upon as follows:
(1) If the faculty member has not requested a hearing before the faculty hearing committee, the recommendation shall be deemed proper and shall be reported for information to the system president and the board.
(2) If the faculty member has requested a hearing and the faculty hearing committee has found the decision to be proper, the report of the faculty hearing committee shall be forwarded to the system president and board by the chancellor with a recommendation. The faculty member may request a review by the board, and the board review panel may at its option grant a review. Unless the board review panel grants the request for review, the recommended findings of fact and decision of the standing faculty committee shall be the final decision of the board of regents.
(3) If after a hearing, the faculty hearing committee's recommended findings of fact and decision are that the initial decision was improper, the chancellor shall review the matter and give careful consideration to the committee's finding. If the chancellor accepts the committee's findings the chancellor's decision shall be final. If the chancellor contests the recommended findings that the decision was improper, the verbatim record, a summary of the evidence and the recommended findings of law and decision shall be forwarded to the board review panel (see s. UWS 5.15). The chancellor and the faculty member shall be furnished with copies of this material and shall have a reasonable opportunity to file written exceptions to such summary and proposed findings and decision and to argue with respect to them orally and in writing before the board review panel. The board review panel shall hear and decide the case in accordance with s. 227.12, Stats. The decision of the board review panel shall be final.
UWS 5.15 BOARD REVIEW. A review panel shall be appointed by the president of the board of regents, and shall include 3 members of the board, and 2 nonvoting staff members from the academic affairs office of the university system. The panel shall review the criteria and reasoning of the chancellor and the findings and recommendations of the faculty hearing committee in each case forwarded for its review, and shall reach a decision on the recommendation to be approved. The decision shall be final and binding upon the chancellor and the faculty member affected unless one or more of the regent members of the review panel request that the decision be reviewed by the full board of regents, in which case the record shall be reviewed and a decision reached by the full board.
UWS 5.16 LAYOFF STATUS. (1) A faculty member whose position has been eliminated or reduced in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall, at the end of the appropriate notice period, be placed on layoff status, unless the layoff notice has been rescinded prior to that time.
(2) The faculty member whose notice period has expired, and who is placed on layoff status shall remain on layoff status until:
UWS 5.17 ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENT. Each institution shall devote its best efforts to securing alternative appointments within the institution in positions for which faculty laid off under this chapter are qualified under existing criteria. In addition, the university of Wisconsin system shall provide financial assistance for one year for faculty who are designated for layoff to readapt within the department or within another department of the institution, where such readoption is feasible. Further, the university of Wisconsin system shall devote its best efforts to insure that faculty members laid off or terminated in any institution shall be made aware of openings within the system.
UWS 5.18 REAPPOINTMENT RIGHTS. Each institution shall establish administrative procedures and policies to insure that where layoff or terminations occur for reasons of financial emergency, no person may be employed at that institution within 3 years to perform reasonably comparable duties to those of the faculty member laid off or terminated without first offering the laid off or terminated faculty member reappointment without loss of tenure, seniority and other rights. The 3 year period shall be computed from the effective date of layoff as specified in the original notice.
UWS 5.19 RETENTION OF RANK AND SALARY. Any faculty member reappointed within 3 years after layoff or termination shall be reappointed with a rank and salary at least equivalent to the rank and salary when laid off or terminated, together with such other rights and privileges which may have accrued at that time; any faculty member relocated within an institution or within the university of Wisconsin system shall not have either rank or salary adversely affected except by consent at the time of relocation.
UWS 5.20 RIGHTS OF FACULTY MEMBERS ON LAYOFF. A faculty member on layoff status in accord with the provisions of this chapter has the reemployment rights guaranteed by ss. UWS 5.18 and 5.19, and has the following minimal rights:
(1) Such participation in fringe benefit programs as is allowed by state regulations governing rights of laid off state employees;
(2) Such continued use of campus facilities as is allowed by policies and procedures established by the department and institution; and
(3) Such participation in departmental and institutional activities as is allowed by guidelines established by the department and institution.
UWS 5.21 SYSTEMWIDE TENURE. The commitment to systemwide tenure within the former chapter 37 institutions shall be honored by those institutions for those eligible under s. 36.13(4), Stats., 1973 in the event of layoff or termination under the provisions of this chapter.
UWS 5.22 LACK OF FACULTY ACTION. If the faculty of an institution is given due notice of its rights and responsibilities under this chapter, and does not act, the chancellor may act as follows in lieu of the faculty action:
(1) If a faculty committee provided for in s. UWS 5.04 is not established, the chancellor may consult those members or representatives of the faculty he considers appropriate to satisfy the intent of s. UWS 5.05. All departments potentially involved shall be consulted and representatives of the faculty may dispute the chancellor's recommendation for a state of financial emergency before the board.
(2) If the faculty does not act to determine the form of seniority to be followed, the chancellor may designate the form. Such designation shall be effective campuswide and shall be made prior to the declaration by the board of a state of financial emergency.
(3) If an affected department or program does not recommend individuals for layoff or termination following declaration of a state of financial emergency, the chancellor shall determine the individuals to be affected, using such advice as is deemed of value.
(4) If a faculty hearing committee provided for in s. UWS 5.11 is not established by the faculty, the chancellor may appoint a committee of faculty members to provide this function.


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8:52 PM EDT, April 6, 2013
If Jim Elsner doesn't show up at the gym by 7:15 a.m., the receptionist starts to get nervous.
"Because he's been here for so many years and we're all so attached to him, if he doesn't come for a day, we get worried," Maureen Byak, the receptionist at Fitness Squared in State House Square, said Thursday morning. "By afternoon, I'll call [his house]."
Six mornings a week, like clockwork, Elsner is in the pool, swimming a half-mile, or 36 laps. He gets up at 4:30 a.m., reads three newspapers, drives from his home in West Hartford to his son's coffee wagon in Hartford to get a cup of coffee and say hi, then hits the gym at 7:05. Unless he is sick, he never takes a day off.
OK, so it's a fairly unremarkable feat — a lot of people work out six days a week — and Elsner will be the first to tell you this.
Except that he will turn 94 years old on Thursday.
"Remember that snowstorm when you called me to say, 'Is the gym open?'" his friend Charles "Buddy" Buder, who works at Travelers, asked Jim Thursday morning after their workout. "Remember, the state was closing the highways? You wanted to know. You wanted poor Maureen to come to work. You said, 'I don't know why they're closed.'"
"He's such an inspiration to all of us," Buder added.
"Ehhh," Elsner said, embarrassed.
Jon Reik of West Hartford won his age group (60-64) at the ITU Age Group World Triathlon sprint championship last fall in New Zealand. He swims every morning at Fitness Squared at the same time as Elsner.
"For all the people in the club, he's an inspiration," Reik said. "There's nobody who doesn't revere him for the fact he comes in every day and gets his workout in."
So why does he do it?
"To stay alive," Elsner said simply.
He was born on April 11, 1919, on Prospect Street in Hartford. His father, Solomon, who died in 1962, was an influential man, a city judge and the personal attorney to G. Fox's president Beatrice Fox Auerbach. Solomon Elsner's name is carved into a block of granite on the patio of the Hartford Public Library, along with other Hartford luminaries such as Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Samuel Colt.
Growing up, Elsner remembered swimming as a freshman at New York Military Academy but never in a meet. When he transferred to the Roxbury School, now Cheshire Academy, he played football as a sophomore.
"I was on the football team," he said. "But I didn't do too well. I shouldn't be telling this, but I got caught smoking, and they kicked me off the team."
He laughed.
"I gave that up 50 years ago, though," he added.
Elsner was drafted in 1941 and was a fighter pilot in World War II. His three brothers all fought, too – his youngest brother was a medic who helped liberate one of the concentration camps.
"On both sides of our home [in their neighborhood], they lost a son," he said. "But all four of us got back."
When he returned home, he went to work at G. Fox, where he met his wife, Dorothy. She worked in what was known then as the foundation department.
"People were wondering why I was always going into the corset area," he said, laughing again. "We'll be married 63 years in October."
He started running in the 1960s and '70s to keep in shape but when his knees rebelled, he took up swimming. Before he retired, he was swimming three days a week. After his retirement from Bank of America 21 years ago, he upped his regimen to six days a week. He started going to Fitness Squared in State House Square six years ago.
"I try for a half-mile," he said. "I don't always make it. That's 36 lengths. Saturdays, when I have more time, I make it.
"I manage. I'm the slowest one in the pool."
It doesn't matter. He inspires everybody, whether he wants to, or means to, or not.
"Don't let him be too modest," Reik said Thursday, before walking out the door to work. "He's there every day, kicking our ass in the pool. Don't let him be modest."
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Various attempts to establish an early – and negative – market verdict on Japan's efforts to eradicate deflation are unfair and plain wrong.
The proposed stimulus measures should be given a chance to show what they can do. Jumping to sweeping conclusions based on a few weeks of volatile trading is poor judgment. Especially since the recent behavior of Japan's key financial market variables (stock indices, the yield curve and the yen's exchange rate) could be seen as a sign of support for reflationary policies.
This paper, however, proposes a different approach: Before pressing the overdrive button on money printing presses, Tokyo might wish to take a careful look at why the last 15 years of ultra-loose credit policies failed to move the economy closer to its estimated potential growth rate of 1.5 percent.
Indeed, the evidence I reviewed does not support the view – expounded by the new Bank of Japan management – that by buying more longer-dated securities (i.e., running printing presses a bit faster) will boost upward pressures in labor and product markets to bring stronger economic growth and an inflation rate of 2 percent.
(Read More: Weak Yen: Why Japan Can't Have Its Cake and Eat It Too)
But that is what would have to happen, because the current consumer price deflation of -0.3 percent cannot be stopped, and reversed, without rising employment creation, accelerating wage claims and a sustained increase in the growth of domestic demand.
This needs to be emphasized because the reductionist refrain of 2 percent inflation sounds like a move of a magic wand. The reality is very different: ending Japan's deflation and pushing the economy onto a higher growth path is a serious structural problem.
Stagnant Economy Despite Loose Money
To see that, here is what happened in Japan over the last 15 years. Average short- and long-term interest rates over that period were 0.3 percent and 1.5 percent, respectively. Given the average inflation rate of -0.2 percent during that interval, real short- and long-term interest rates of 0.5 percent and 1.7 percent indicate an easy credit stance and a low cost of capital.
In spite of that, Japan's average annual growth rate since 1997 was only 0.7 percent, mainly because the interest-sensitive segments of the economy – household consumption and residential investment, 62 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) – were not responding to very low credit costs. The result was that nearly two-thirds of Japan's GDP grew only at an average annual rate of 0.5 percent.
(Read More: BlackRock's Fink Sees Hope in Japan With New Policies)
The low cost of capital, over the same period, did not help business investments either; they increased at an average annual rate of 0.8 percent because the poor sales outlook at home did not require large expansions of production capacities, and exports were increasingly sourced from overseas factory outlets.
The key message conveyed by these numbers is this: Japan's loose monetary policies of the last 15 years could not produce a growth rate strong enough to lift the economy out of deflation. Hence the question: Is it reasonable to expect that marginally looser policies would now lead to more than tripling of the growth rate (to 1.5-2 percent) over the next two years, while raising the inflation rate from -0.3 percent to 2 percent – as the Bank of Japan is promising?
In other words, would pushing the short-term interest rate down to 0 percent, from the current rate of 0.16 percent, propel the GDP growth and inflation to such permanently higher levels?
I don't think so. I believe that changes are needed – well beyond cheaper money – to achieve these policy objectives.
Boost Private Consumption and Housing
This should be the key nexus of Japan's policy concern. These two segments of aggregate demand reinforce each other because buying a house or an apartment triggers spending on consumer durable goods ("big ticket" items) such as furniture, appliances and even automobiles because relocations typically change commuting patterns and lifestyles.
But all this requires more than cheap credit. Housing has to be affordable, and the demand for housing crucially depends on net family formation and higher birth rates.
(Read More: Pacific Trade Pact Calls for Tough Japan Reforms)
None of this is seriously addressed in Japan's latest stimulus package. That is a pity – and a mistake. Japan's population has been declining since 2006. If the present birth rate of 1.37 births for women of childbearing age continues, Japan could lose one-third of its population by the middle of this century. A much higher birth rate of 2.1 births is needed just to keep the population from declining.
That now seems beyond reach because family support policies are woefully inadequate. Nearly three-quarters of Japanese women have to leave the workforce after their first child. Daycare centers are hugely expensive and have long waiting lists in most urban areas.
It is incredible that the Japanese public opinion, and the Japanese leaders, seem oblivious to these existential problems of an old and distinguished civilization. And that more proverbial "bridges and highways to nowhere" continue to take precedence over family support policies that could serve as a formidable engine of economic growth.
Exports and Cheap Public Financing
In view of all this, the announced further loosening of Japan's monetary policy might just do two things. One, it could stimulate exports by keeping the exchange rate low. Two, it will keep down interest charges on public debt – a whopping 237 percent of GDP. I see little else. And, apparently, I am not alone. Failing to see any other benefits of this extra push for monetary creation, some analysts believe that the monetization of the growing mountain of government liabilities is the main objective of Japan's new money managers.
(Read More: Japan February Exports Fall but Firms' Mood Improves Amid Recovery Hopes)
Whether that is true or not will be seen soon enough. But it is clear that cheap money will remain the centerpiece of Tokyo's quest for faster growth and rising inflation. Widely advertised "radical structural changes of the economy" – presumably as a result of Japan's negotiations to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trading group – are no more than talking points. Washington seems to have made these reforms unlikely by offering plenty of exemptions and opt-outs to get Japan on board.
I, therefore, doubt the effectiveness of Tokyo's latest effort to revive its stagnant economy by throwing at it a new wall of money. But let's see; maybe they will improve things as they go along.
In that vein, Japan needs no reminding that there is a much simpler and faster way of stimulating economic growth and getting out of deflation. To do that, Japan would have to restore and maintain peaceful and cooperative relationships with China, Russia and South Korea. Despite sharply declining sales to China and South Korea, these three countries still accounted last year for 32 percent of Japan's total exports. There is a huge potential for Japanese products and services in these steadily growing markets.
(Read More: Japan's Borrowing Trauma Could Haunt It for Years: Economist)
Here is hoping that Japan will find a way of establishing better ties with its closest neighbors.
Michael Ivanovitch is president of MSI Global, a New York-based economic research company. He also served as a senior economist at the OECD in Paris, international economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and taught economics at Columbia.


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These files work great with both bone, and the synthetic nut and saddle materials. Low chatter, very little cleanup needed.
The files are sharp and comfortable to use. They are 7mm wide on the cutting face. I would prefer if they were 9mm or 10mm so you could notch for a b-string on a saddle with one stroke; and a wider files is less likely to slip on the corners. Also the fine file is more than adequate. Roughing should be done on a much larger file and/or a belt sander.
These things cut a bone nut down in a hurry and have it ready for polishing in no time.
Had to wait on these for a while because they were out of stock. It was definitely worth the wait! They make it almost impossible to screw up with the cool filing surfaces adjacent to smooth sides. Go, Stewart MacDonald!!
These are very high quality files that are just perfect for working on nuts and saddles. Cheaper files wear out, and aren't always straight. Stew-Mac's files are top-quality, and they'll last a lifetime with proper use.
I only use the course/medium file to carve the nut. The finer file is good for a few other things, but is generally too fine for any nut work. I go through them and have drawers of unused fine files. We just don't use it. I wish stew mac would offer them separately. Oh well, you can't have everything, where would you put it?
Quality tools which work well. What more can you ask for?
These files have made working on my guitars fun again. Each side has a different grit, long and with thin rubber grip allows me to feel the drag as I sand nuts and wood. just a quality product.
I got these files for shaping bone nuts for my first dulcimer build. i was so into the work that i forgot i had bought these, and used a piece of sticky circular 220 grit sandpaper mounted to the bench top instead, which worked perfectly. i imagine as i continue on with building i will use these files. they are very well built and cut with ease.
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This morning I completed research and testing on a lot of tools. Besides Mailchimp and Zendesk, I'm also liking SurveyGizmo and Uservoice quite a bit! It's really great to see how much BASECAMP has changed the way the SonicAngel team is working. Really amazing.
I'm also pretty impressed with mailchimp. I cannot imagine 1 reason why you should not use that tool as a startup or any organisation. It cannot be the price (which is something between 0 for up to 2000 emails, and 75 US Dollars per month for 10.000 opt-in email addresses). The DIY design, the tools to optimize layoout, content and tests plus the incredibly transparant reporting. Love it.
Now I'm off having lunch with my dude. Probably a salad or sushi. And after that we're going to play football in the Brussels Warande park. 'Heel hoog shotten, papa' will be my main task of the afternoon.
After that we're gonna watch Milan Sanremo, and this evening I'm checking out 2 electro bands in Brussels. Common Boon & Gilbert!!
Cool and lovely day with my dude. I love my little man. Like every parent unconditionally loves his kid.
Like Guillaume loved and will always love his little Mattias. Here are the beautiful words of Jean Bosco Safari…
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Today's color palette is all about the cool tones. I didn't expect to like this combo as much as I do, but I'm currently thinking of a summer outfit featuring each of the following colors: 'peace,' 'purple haze' and 'hope.' Enjoy!
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glassybaby + The Humane Society
10% from the sale of each 'purr' and 'wet dog' will be
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It's no secret that we love dogs at glassybaby. At our Madrona studio and hotshop, every day is 'bring your dog to work day'. This workplace perk means that we share daily in the love and affection from a motley crew…some with pedigrees, but more from rescue shelters. Recently, the cat lovers amongst us let out a collective sigh when one of our newest color glassybaby was christened, 'purr'.
glassybaby has partnered with the Humane Society of the United States since 2010, and donated over $18,000 to support the efforts of the world's largest animal protection organization. 10% from the sale of 'purr' and 'wet dog' will be used to support the Humane Society's Emergency Services Program that rescues dogs and other animals from disasters or abusive situations, like puppy mills.
Unconditional love, entertainment, friendship, devotion, drool, fur and occasionally a bird or mouse; it is nearly impossible to describe all the gifts that our canine and feline pets bring to our lives. Now you can select a 'purr' or 'wet dog' glassybaby and, until June 30th, you can include a personalized gift card to celebrate or pay tribute to a beloved pet.


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- 1 (the media) [treated as singular or plural] The main means of mass communication (television, radio, and newspapers) regarded collectively: their demands were publicized by the mediaMore example sentences
- Politicians should know by now that newspapers or the media do not campaign for any one at all.
- It is often only the big, single-issue campaigns that capture the media's attention and excite the public.
- Of course, the most extreme views tend to make the best headlines, so they get all the media and public attention.
- 2 plural form of medium.
The word media comes from the Latin plural of medium. The traditional view is that it should therefore be treated as a plural noun in all its senses in English and be used with a plural rather than a singular verb: the media have not followed the reports (rather than 'has'). In practice, in the sense 'television, radio, and the press collectively', it behaves as a collective noun (like staff or clergy, for example), which means that it is now acceptable in standard English for it to take either a singular or a plural verb. The word is also increasingly used in the plural form medias, as if it had a conventional singular form media, especially when referring to different forms of new media, and in the sense 'the material or form used by an artist': there were great efforts made by the medias of the involved countries about 600 works in all genres and medias were submitted for review.
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noun (plural mediae /-dɪiː/)Anatomy
- An intermediate layer in the wall of a blood vessel or lymphatic vessel.More example sentences
- This sheet was placed around a tubular support to produce the media of the vessel.
- Alternatively, thickness of the carotid intima and media may be measured by using ultrasound.
- Some veins do not possess smooth muscle fibers and, as a result, do not have a tunica media.
late 19th century: shortening of modern Latin tunica (or membrana) media 'middle sheath (or layer)'.


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NORWOOD – Norwood sophomore Ty LaFramboise is one of three Colorado high school football players among 50 national semifinalists for the High School Football Rudy Awards, and your online vote is now needed to ensure he advances to the final four, where $25,000 in college scholarships will be given out.
The announcement comes just after the Norwood Mavericks eight-man football team made another impressive run in the playoffs toward a state championship.
Former NFL quarterback and Chairman of the High School Football Awards selection committee Drew Bledsoe announced on Nov. 30 that LaFramboise was one of 50 semifinalists for the award that honors players who bring the most heart to the game of football. More than 12,000 high school football coaches were contacted and invited to nominate the 'Rudy' on their team. The winner will receive a $10,000 academic scholarship to a college of their choice. Two runners-up will each receive $5,000, in addition to a fan favorite determined by online voting.
LaFramboise, who had surgery two years ago to improve blood flow to the cartilage in both knees, was nominated by Athletic Director Mike Hughes. LaFramboise spent an entire summer in a wheelchair because of his condition and could not walk without help when the wheelchair was no longer needed after the surgery.
"Ty has suffered some brutal setbacks," Hughes stated in his nomination. "Debilitating degenerative knee problems that led to months confined to a wheel chair, accompanied by ankle and shoulder problems. Not once did I ever hear Ty complain, nor did I ever see him quit working. The real-life hero of the Ty LaFramboise story will never tell you the hardships he has had to overcome or the perseverance he has had to display to achieve his successes; he simply does everything and more to keep achieving and leading. He is almost too good to be true."
According to his father and head football coach Tom LaFramboise, Ty could remain satisfied with his accomplishments on the football field, but he also helps out with others. He helps coach Norwood's peewee football program at least three nights a week.
"Ty has the ability to make these little guys work hard, have fun, and respect each other," Tom said. "Ty has his own practice, a peewee practice and his extra workouts as he is continuing to build his knees.
"Ty has worked so hard to come back from this injury, he is still one of the slowest players in a 40, but he is the best defensive player in our league. The rest of the team has bought into his hard work and the results have propelled the team to another level." On top of all this LaFramboise maintains a 4.0 GPA and is a school leader.
Founded by Trusted Sports and Daniel 'Rudy' Ruettiger in 2009, this national award is named for college football's most famous underdog. Ruettiger's dream of playing football at the University of Notre Dame inspired millions as portrayed in the movie Rudy. Likewise, the 50 semifinalists are being honored for their courage and character, and inspirational impact on their teammates and schools.
"I read the stories of our top 50 High School Football Rudy Award nominees and then I look back at some of the toughest games I played," Bledsoe said in his semifinalists announcement. "Even when I was injured, I didn't have to deal with anything like what these kids have to handle on a daily basis. Playing in the NFL was an honor, and incredibly rewarding. It's also an honor to place the spotlight on these young athletes who are facing inconceivable challenges, yet who soldier on despite the hand they've been dealt. Words can't begin to describe how much respect I have for them all."
The 2010 Selection Committee includes notable sporting personalities such as Leigh Anne Tuohy, mother of Baltimore Ravens player Michael Oher and inspirational figure of the film The Blind Side; Shaun Alexander, former Seattle Seahawks running back and NFL MVP; and NBC Football Sideline Reporter, Andrea Kremer.
The 50 semifinalists' stories can be read online at www.highschoolrudyawards.com. where voting continues through Dec. 28.
"When I think of all the young people that I have been able to work with in my fifteen years in education, there is no one that has leapt out to me for their extraordinarily gifted leadership and character skills like Ty has," Hughes said. "When I think of overcoming obstacles, ascertaining your highest potential and showing by example how work ethic and dedication are the two most critical factors in becoming successful, no one embodies those traits like Ty."


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I was excited for my Garrett 2500 to come in, so I waited at the office for it on Saturday. I had recently lost my white gold wedding ring in my chicken house, my wife I live on the family ranch. Needless to say I was quite ticked off and the wife wasn't happy either. I had always wanted to get into metal detecting and this was a perfect reason to do so, as well that week I lost my $40 fencing pliers while pulling posts. So my Garrett came in and that Sunday I got it going along with the pro-pointer that came with the deal. Within 2 hours I found the gold ring, my pliers, 2 pennies, a dime, a nickel, a few pieces of old wire nails, a stuffed animal eyeball, a metal washer and to top it off I found a big iron ball. I doubt the iron ball was a Cannon Ball but most likely a big Shot-Put, it was about 6 inches down in my front flower bed???? So far my experience has been awesome, the Garrett is too easy to use and I feel like I got way more than my money's worth from Kelly Co. From now on Roger Bellows will be my contact there and Kelly Co. will be my dealer. Thank you Roger and Kelly Co. you guys are the BEST!!!
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BUFORD - Buford City Schools will soon have a new superintendent to replace Sue Morris, who announced her retirement earlier this month.Geye Hamby was appointed as the school system's new superintendent. He has served as the assistant superintendent for Buford City Schools since 2001. Prior to that, he worked as a principal, assistant principal and teacher in Cartersville and Floyd County. "I just want to see us continue to maintain the high expectations we have in our school system, and to take those expectations on to another level," Hamby said. Hamby received his bachelor's degree in math, and master's and specialist degrees in education administration from West Georgia College. He also has a doctorate from Nova Southeastern University. The new assistant superintendent will be Allison Miller, the school system's current director of curriculum and instruction. She was the principal of Buford Middle School from 2001 to 2005. Miller received her bachelor's and master's degrees in education from Georgia State University, and has a specialist degree from the University of Georgia. "I could not be more excited," Miller said. "I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to serve our students, employees, and community in this new role." Morris' retirement is effective June 30. Hamby and Miller will assume their new roles on July 1.
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This vivid journey into the world of antiques follows the fortunes of three eighteenth-century pieces of American furniture as they pass through the hands of twentieth-century pickers, dealers, restorers, and collectors, accruing new value while becoming objects of desire. Among the many desirable objects on offer during the 1991 Americana Week in New York - the annual high point of antiques sales - are three prized pieces. One stands in a spolight at the Winter Antiques.
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In "Heart Drops of Dharmakaya" - Book Two - The Practice of Trekcho - it says in the beginning
"First of all we should get into the right state for the essential ripening of the mind. For this purpose it is necessary to receive the initiation. However, if you come through this preliminary practice you will receive initiation with the practice itself
It just proves my point. It is necessary to receive initiation.
* Lopon comments that when you receive initiation it is to show you the natural state. Afterward you can check whether you received anything by seeing whether you then perfectly understand the natural state. However, if you do the preliminary practices you will see the natural state. So that is the initiation in itself."
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Derry police responded to the crash at about 10:30 p.m. But when they arrived at the traffic circle, Bontaintes wasn't there, according to court documents.
An officer found Bontaintes and his truck at a Fairway Drive residence and took him into custody a short time later, according to public defender Emily Sieber.
Sieber said in court papers that the officer then searched the truck - following a department policy to take an inventory of the vehicle - but never obtained a search warrant. Police found a knife, a digital scale, aluminum foil with burnt residue and two orange pills later identified as burenophine, according to court records. Bontaintes is arguing that seizing evidence from his truck without a search warrant violated his constitutional rights.
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The new SAP based computer system will bring customer service into the 21st Century.
Cons – Too many "layers" of management. Too many people allowed to perfom at a sub-standard level because they are "buddies" with an AVP or ABOC. Some are treated like royalty because they scored some big customer or big project long ago; when asked to do their job now, they try to pawn it off on others to do their bidding, and if you don't do it soon enough, they whine to middle management.
Advice to Senior Management – Get out of Radnor, and come see us in the trenches. We are the ones making/keeping this company strong. Do not limit pay raises to crumbs, give people what their worth if you want to keep the good people. Trim some of the inefficient dead weight from middle management. You have too many layers of too many people performing the same tasks. You have us generate reports, to have people read them to generate more reports that go no where but in a filing cabinet to be looked at months after they would have done any good.
LISTEN to the people,the drivers, that go see YOUR/OUR customers. You say they are the "face of Airgas" that the customers see, but management does not listen to them because they are just truck drivers (a dime a dozen group, who can do nothing but drive a truck).
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Just got my copy! Am very pleased and a few queries…
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Edit: I found the batching method menu and I also understand the stuff below so you can ignore it. The original group stayed because it still contained my collision geometry but disabled all the meshes. The only thing I'm confused about is my lightmap and how I can batch the light map together? Many thanks
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Crispy and crunchy, this traditional, no-fuss slaw makes a refreshing side dish for summer picnics and parties. —Kim Wallace, Dennison, Ohio
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 3/4 cup white vinegar
- 3/4 cup olive oil
- 3 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon celery seed
- 1 medium head cabbage, shredded
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 medium green pepper, chopped
- In a small saucepan, combine the first five ingredients. Bring to a boil; boil for 1-2 minutes or until sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat; cool to room temperature.
- In a large bowl, combine the cabbage, onion and pepper; add dressing and toss to coat. Refrigerate until chilled. Serve with a slotted spoon. Yield: 12 servings (3/4 cup each).
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I'm usually not a coleslaw fan, but hubby wanted coleslaw with his pulled pork sandwiches. This slaw is amazing. we all had several helpings. I did use less onion and red pepper for preference but otherwise would not change a thing. Delish!
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This dish surprised my taste buds with hands down we give it...5 stars!
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I also used 1/2c. Cedar vin. with 1/4c. White vin. I also only used 1c. Sugar. Very good
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My niece absolutely loved this coleslaw!! I substituted red peppers for the green for a milder flavor. Also subbed the vinegar--used 1/2 cup cider vinegar & 1/4 cup white vinegar to mellow out the flavor. Very nice.
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Ji-Xin Cheng, a professor of biomedical engineering and professor of chemistry, has been selected as a 2014-2015 Discovery Park Faculty Research Fellow, and his project "High-speed, High-resolution Spectroscopic Imaging for Bioscience and Nanomaterial Characterization," was chosen as a Discovery Park Fellows Project.
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Rucha Joshi won the Graduate Division's "Most Entertaining Pitch Award," claiming $500 in Purdue's 8th Annual Elevator Pitch Competition organized by the Purdue Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program. The competition featured more than 40 participants making two-minute pitches at Discovery Park's Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship. Joshi pitched Low-Calorie Pulp Biscuits, which use banana peels as a key ingredient for a low-calorie, low-fat, high-fiber cookie, making recycling of banana peels possible into a healthy product.
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SpeechVive Inc. announced the completion of nearly $700,000 in funding to move a speech aid innovation for people with Parkinson's disease to the public. Jim Jones and Kirk Foster, both of the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, developed the SpeechVive technology along with Jessica Huber, associate professor of speech, language and hearing sciences.
March 24, 2014
Researchers are working to enable smartphones and other mobile devices to understand and immediately identify objects in a camera's field of view, overlaying lines of text that describe items in the environment.
March 17, 2014
A brain graft developed from a biomaterial licensed from Purdue and designed by Cook Medical has been cleared by the Food and Drug Administration to treat troublesome leaks of brain fluid that can occur after tumor or sinus surgery or head trauma.
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Purdue University has installed a powerful type of MRI machine - the only one of its kind in Indiana - that will boost research and training capabilities and serve the regional scientific community. "It's a multiuser facility for the whole state," said Corey Neu, an assistant professor in Purdue University's Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering.
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March 5, 2014
Researchers have discovered a link between prostate cancer aggressiveness and the accumulation of a compound produced when cholesterol is metabolized in cells, findings that could bring new diagnostic and treatment methods.
February 13, 2014
Pu Wang, a graduate student at the Weldon School, led the Vibronix team to a strong second-place finish in the Gold Division at the Burton Morgan Business Plan Competition. Vibronix received $15,000, plus $3,000 worth of in-kind services from Ice Miller and a one-year membership in The Anvil co-working space.
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Purdue Research Foundation and Cook Medical officials announced plans to establish a $12 million evergreen investment fund to support Purdue-based life sciences companies. "Converting Purdue innovation into new products, companies and jobs is perhaps the most valuable way for our university to live up to its land-grant heritage and contribute to the progress of our state," said Mitch Daniels, president of Purdue University. "This fund will help a new and larger generation of Purdue innovators move their technologies to the public."
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A new International Brain Mechanics and Trauma Lab (IBMTL) has been established as part of an international initiative to study brain cell and tissue mechanics and their relation with brain functions, disease, and trauma. The team comprises Riyi Shi, Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Weldon School, and colleagues from Oxford University, the Technical University of Madrid, and the University of California.
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As part of an ongoing strategy to foster entrepreneurism, Purdue innovators now have access to a Purdue Startup Guide that provides information on how to protect and commercialize an invention.
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An MSTP Student-Invited Seminar will be presented on Friday, April 25, at 11:30 a.m. in MJIS 2001. Kendall H. Lee, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Physiology (joint appointment in the Department of Physiology & Biomedical Engineering)and Director of Mayo Clinic Neural Engineering Laboratories will speak on "Simultaneous Neurochemical Sensing, Stimulation, and fMRI Studies Using WINCS Harmoni During Deep Brain Stimulation."
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Speakers will present the most recent advances in development and applications of spectroscopic imaging platforms as well as the newest laser and microscope products. Participants will have the opportunity to learn label-free spectroscopic imaging technologies through lab practice.
Ji-Xin Cheng elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows
March 24, 2014
Ji-Xin Cheng, a professor in Purdue University's Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Chemistry, has been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows.
March 24, 2014
Ji-Xin Cheng, a professor in Purdue University's Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Chemistry, has received a 2014 SPIE Translational Research Best Paper Award for his paper, "Spectroscopic imaging unveils the essential role of cholesterol accumulation in cancer proliferation."
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Eric A. Nauman, professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering, has received the A. A. Potter Award and will be recognized during the twelfth annual College of Engineering Faculty Awards of Excellence on Friday, April 4, 2014.


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Everyone benefits from annual gifts to Oakland University, including students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents and the community at-large. Funding provided by annual gifts supports the development of academic programs and allows the university to take advantage of special opportunities. As the university's reputation continues to broaden, so too does enrollment. In turn, the value of an OU degree grows for all alumni. Furthermore, the surrounding local and regional economies are boosted by both income generated from university consumers and the educated workforce trained at OU.
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Providing funds to establish a scholarship or endowed fund to support a specific educational endeavor makes a lasting difference in the life of a deserving student. It allows the scholarship recipient to pursue an educational goal that might not otherwise be possible. In short, it is life changing for these individuals. At the same time, you are giving Oakland the tools to recruit high-caliber students who, because of their Oakland experience, go on to secure leadership roles in industry, health care, government and education. In this way, your scholarship support allows Oakland to significantly enhance the southeastern Michigan workforce and beyond.
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The issue of racism has gone largely unaddressed by this year's nominees for president, but there's no question that many voters see the contest in black and white. Racism runs deep and wide in America, despite the better angels of our nature and the bitter divisions of our past. Anyone searching for evidence won't have to look far — you can find it in your neighborhood, if not at your own breakfast table. But where is bigotry most rampant? Which cities are America's most racist?
Drew Magary, an editor at Gawker, wants to find out. After penning a piece on the Five Most Racist Cities in America — naming Birmingham, Boston, Phoenix, New York and Cincinnati — Magary drew comments from users complaining that their city did not make his original, admittedly unscientific list. Surely, there are cities more deserving of the title, they balked, where ignorance runs through like it's in the water supply. To be sure he doesn't show any bias to one metropolis over the next, Magary has invited readers to help in the Search for the Most Racist City in America.
Initial candidates in the racist-city census have been posted this week. First up is Philadelphia. The City of Brotherly Love, Magary notes, has been home to historic race riots, and deified mayor Frank Rizzo had a volatile relationship with Philly's African-American community during his tenure in the '70s. The horrific incident on Osage Avenue in 1985, in which police dropped a bomb from a helicopter to end an armed confrontation with the radical group MOVE — touching off a neighborhood fire and killing 11 people, including five children — also helps earn Philly an ignoble distinction. Boston was next to be dishonored, with a nod to the Sox for being the last MLB team to integrate their roster, followed by St. Louis, with a note from one Missourian about how the city is carved up into black and white sections "like a checkerboard."
Racism comes in all different colors, so to speak, and your city may make a winning candidate whether it's woven through with longstanding, institutionalized racism, racism acquired based on personal experiences, or what-not-me denial. So show some love and tell them where you see hate.
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For me the most satisfying design work comes from blending functionality and usefulness with creativity. Permaculture design puts these two together. As an art-form the canvas and media which permaculture uses are living environments, plants animals, peoples lives, our homes, and communities. As a practical science it looks not only to the cutting edge advances in modern technology but to tried and true methods passed down for generations or practiced by indigenous people.
My job as a consultant is to listen, to ask relevant questions, to draw out of people what they truly want and help them arrive at a design that really works.
Here's a few sample images from a design I did for some friends in Estonia.
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Introduction to Permaculture - Bill Mollison
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There is no reason we can't be growing our own fresh greens through the winter right here. So on the days when its not too cold and snowy I've been putting together a new cold frame to get a jump start on spring growing.
I have picked out cold-germinating, frost tolerant seeds to plant as the idea is to create a micro-climate rather than a controlled climate. The plants need to tolerate a good amount of frost, because the night temperatures outside will still be going down to 10F or lower.
Species list:
Valerianella locusta - MacheSpinacia oleracea - SpinachPetroselinum crispum - ParsleyBrassica rapa nipposinica - MizunaAllium ampeloprasum porrum -LeekRaphanus sativus -Daikon radishRumex acetosa - SorrelCichorium intybus - Itialian dandelion
Some of the plants will be harvested as baby greens and others let grow to maturity. The leeks in particular need such a long growing season that the only way to have them here is to extend the season.
(Next to the new cold frame, you can see an old hoop frame that is reaching the end of its life.)
Ahead: Planting, designing an automatic venting system, and water.
I decided to try an experimental no-dig planting method for these cold frames: scatter the seeds on the ground and cover with a mix of compost and sand.
Then I installed some curved wires and reemay cloth for a second layer of protection using cloths pins to hold the cloth in place. The temp went down to 5° F in late Feb, and all the plants survived beautifully.
Sunny/warm days required venting of the cold frame and the reemay.
The second cold frame got the same treatment.
By the beginning of April I stopped using the reemay in the second cold-frame because it is made of opaque plastic and heats up less. The glass cold-frame with insulation would over-heat so it needed to be vented daily. Leaving the reemay in place keep the cold loving greens from getting too much sun.
6 weeks later and we have been eating greens 3 meals a day!
A nice surprise was loads of dill that had self seeded from last year. They fill in the space and are providing light "over story" of shade as the days get hotter.
Happy greens, all hand-watered with rain water and snow melt caught in a barrel off the chicken coop.
In cool and cold areas the length of the growing season and the cold temperatures are the main challenge for growing things and supporting oneself. As a part of the search for cold climate permaculture strategies I came across to integrated greenhouse designs that seem to have a lot to offer to us in the cool climates. This is a little report from a trip to Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute's solar greenhouse workshop in Basalt, Colorado. There, during his thirty five years of living on the site, Jerome Osentowski the director at CRMPI, has overcome the challenges of his steep sloping land at 7200 ft above sea level with advanced integrated greenhouse designs as a feature in the overall system. They have stretched his climatic zones all the way to the subtropic - all year round, with no fossil fuels used.
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